Horseshoe.



R. C. BONNELL.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.17, 1912.

1,079,285. Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' aton'tcdl Nov. 1 S, 1 913.

Application filed December 17, 1912. Serial No. 737,297.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, RaYMoNo 0. lion- NELL, a citizen of the United States, rcsiding at Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful I'Iorseslme, of which the following is a specification.

One object of the present invention is to provide a supplel'i'iental horse shoe which may be assembled with the shoe proper.

Another object of the invention is to provide a supplemental shoe comprising grips which will he peculiarly efficient in maintaining a hold upon the ground.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide novel means for connecting the grips with each other.

The invention aims, further, to provide novel n1 tans for assembling the grips with the shoe proper.

It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and to increase the utility of, devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 shows the in vention in perspective, applied to a shoe; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section looking :in the direction of the arrows 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section looking in the direction of the arrows 3 in Fig. 1; and Fig. .1-. is a transverse section on the line l-l of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

In carrying out the invention, a pair of grips are provided, the same consisting of quadri-lateral, centrally open frames. The frames comprise inner side bars 1 and 2, heels 3, toes 4t and 5 and outer side bars (3 and 7. Owing to the construction of the frames, as above described, the frames will grip the ground with peculiar efficiency, the parts t and 5 limiting forward movement, the parts 3 limiting rearward movement, the tongue 12 limiting movement either forward or backward, and the parts 6, 1, 2, 7, 5, 4 and 3 limiting transverse movement.

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The frames may be provided with calks 8 of any desired construction, the calks 8 in although not ()fnecess ty, being located adjacent the rear portions of the heels 3 and adjacent the forward portions of the toes 1 and 5. The toes 4t and 5 terminate in clips 9 which preferably a re long enough to extend upwardly across the edge of the shoe l0, and to bear upon the hoof. The heels 3 are provided at their rear extremities with clips 11 which preferably, engage the shoe '10 only.

Projecting from the inner side bar 1 of one frame is a transverse tongue 12. The tongue 12 is received slidably in seats 14:, formed in the inner side bar 2 and in the outer side bar 7 ol. the other frame. The inner side bars 1 and 2 of the frames are provided with bosses 15 through which extends a bolt 16 or like connecting element, the bolt 10 being equipped at its inner end with a nut 17 which is adapted to bear against the inner edge of the side bar 2 of one frame, Adjacent its forward end, the inner side bar 1 of one frame is provided with. an outstanding lug 18, into the forward edge of which is threaded a screw 19 providcd with a head 20 which is adapted to bear against: the rear edge of the forward portion of the shoe proper 10.

In 'n'aclical operation, the nut 17 is tightened on the bolt 16 so as to draw the grips or frames toward each other, so that the clips 9 and 11 will exercise their obvious functions. The tongue 12, registering in the seats it, serves to direct the relative movement between the frames when such movement is produced by the bolt 16 and the nut 17. By rotating the screw 19 until. the head 20 bears against the inner edge of the forward portion of the shoe 10, the supplemental shoe will be crmvdcd rearwardly, so that the clips 9 become effective. In this connection, it is to be noted that because the tongue 12 is engaged in the seats 14-, both frames which constitute the supplemental shoe, will be crowded rcarwardly when the screw 19 is actuated.

Having thus described is claimed is:-

A shoe of the class described comprising a pair of centrally open frames and a clamping device ((mnecting the frames; one frame being provided upon its inner edge with a transvm'se tongue projecting within the contour of the other frame, and said other frame the invention, what 

